On the Money

Grant Harrison, Director & Senior Analyst, Sustainable Finance & ESG, provides insights and analysis on the ever-growing world of sustainable finance, and writes the GreenFin Weekly newsletter. Grant also serves as Conference Chair for GreenFin — the premier ESG event aligning sustainability and capital markets, and the launchpad of the ideas and connections that will shift capital allocation to support a clean and just economy. Grant holds a bachelor's from UC Berkeley and a master's from Oxford University.

Natural capital earns investor interest

January 25, 2023

by Grant Harrison

The practical upshot: There is no path to decarbonization without major investments in natural capital.
The GreenFin Interview: On corporate purpose and 'Pieconomics', with Alex Edmans

January 18, 2023

by Grant Harrison

Alex Edmans, professor of finance with the London Business School, discusses his radical rethink of how companies operate and why they exist.
- Green Finance
- Corporate Social Responsibility
What will the increased financialization of carbon do for decarbonization?

January 11, 2023

by Grant Harrison

Thoughts about what developments like the London Stock Exchange Group’s launch of a new exchange offering for carbon credits portend for the path ahead.
The year ahead in ESG: Pledges, politics and biodiversity

January 4, 2023

by Grant Harrison

Is 2023 the year the pens writing pledges get put down and the finance sector gets to work in investing towards a net-zero future?
Sustainable finance meets biodiversity in Montreal

December 14, 2022

by Grant Harrison

Climate change and biodiversity loss are entirely intertwined, and more investors are moving to engage companies about the risks they face from both.
Can we rewrite the rules of green finance quickly enough?

December 7, 2022

by Grant Harrison

The use of ESG analysis in investment decision-making is still routinely conflated with the measurement of sustainable outcomes. We need a sharper lens.
- Finance & Investing
The GreenFin Interview: How Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund addresses climate risks

November 30, 2022

by Grant Harrison

The diverse holdings of the world's largest sovereign wealth funding make corporate engagements key in addressing climate risks and the clean economy transition.
The GreenFin Interview: Inside the world's largest pure-play renewables portfolio

November 21, 2022

by Grant Harrison

Brookfield Renewable CSO Kelly Goddard on battery storage, hydrogen, capture capture and other technologies critical for the energy transition.
- Green Finance
- Renewable Energy
'Lawyer up': Republican rhetoric over ESG escalates

November 16, 2022

by Grant Harrison

Five U.S. senators recently warned 51 U.S. law firms that certain ESG policies could run afoul of antitrust regulations.
- ESG
- Policy & Politics
Financing imperatives for Africa’s clean energy transition

November 14, 2022

by Grant Harrison

Finding cash to help African countries develop renewable energy for domestic needs and benefit from export opportunities is one of the biggest challenges over the long term.
- Climate Finance